Bizmoune Cave, Morocco (≥142 ka): perforated Tritia gibbosula shells with edge polish and ochre—the oldest known shell beads, signaling early social identity in the Aterian MSA. #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #MSA #Bizmoune
Paper: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/20...

Essaouira’s Bizmoune Cave Yields New Clues to Early Humans Morocco’s National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage has launched a month-long field season at Bizmoune Cave to refine the story of early humans in North Africa.

#Bizmoune Cave, Morocco, one of the most advanced of our entire species lifespan.

#MiddleStoneAge #Africa #NorthAfrica #shells #jewellery #ochre

www.moroccoworldnews.com/2025/11/267737/essaouira...

Original study:

@Mehdi__SE et al., Early Middle #StoneAge personal #ornaments from #Bizmoune Cave, Essaouira, #Morocco, @ScienceAdvances 7(39), 2021. 🔓

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abi8620